1859-83 - France slowly colonises Indochina. 1940 - Japan takes control of Indochina. 1945 - The Viet Minh seizes power. Ho Chi Minh proclaims independence and establishes the Democratic Republic ...

Seven decades after the communist victory, memories have dimmed and the two nations have built a friendship atop the positive legacies of French rule.

In 1954, the French were finally defeated by the Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The French had tried to block a communist supply line and set up a defensive system at an army base in ...

As a result, in the 1950s, the French found themselves fighting a war against the Viet Minh, an organisation dedicated to getting rid of foreign powers from Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite ...

Prime Minister of Viet Nam Pham Minh Chinh’s visits to three Middle Eastern countries have yielded substantial outcomes, especially in cooperation and boosting agricultural trade. HA NOI, VIETNAM – ...